practice game; practice match; scrimmage; workout
scoring; score; points made; marks obtained; goals; runs
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
inter-scholastic athletics competition
(stage) appearance; performance; participation (e.g. in a tournament)
to check (in chess); to threaten (somebody's position, etc.); to close in (on somebody)
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
outstanding talent; person of exceptional talent; gifted person
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
future (usually near); prospects
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
feeling restless; feeling nervous; fidgety; distracted
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
to grip; to grasp; to squeeze
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
violence; assault; rough (e.g. handling); reckless; rape; sexual assault
manner of using one's hands
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
to have one's attention attracted (caught); to be preoccupied with
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
thicket; bush; grove; (medical) quack
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at